By Rebecca Herold (The Privacy Professor) CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI I’ve had about half a dozen folks ask me how things are going with the work I’m doing with the NIST Smart Grid privacy group, and if I could provide an update since my last couple of posts on the topic here and here….
ACLU report: Enforcing Privacy
The ACLU has released a new report, ENFORCING PRIVACY: Building American Institutions to Protect Privacy in the Face of New Technology and Government Powers. The report was written by Jay Stanley. From the Executive Summary: Privacy laws are of limited value if institutions for enforcing such laws do not exist. The United States, unlike nearly…
Police probe breach of NHS smartcard security as e-records launched in London
Tony Collins reports: An NHS trust at the forefront of work on the £12.7bn NHS IT scheme has called in police after a breach of smartcard security compromised the confidentiality of hundreds of electronic records. Patients in Hull have expressed their dismay that an unauthorised NHS employee has accessed their confidential records; and the local…
Real ID program in deep trouble
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: A decision by lawmakers to slash funding for the unpopular Real ID national driver’s license program has put an already struggling initiative on life support. The U.S. Senate recently approved a $43 billion budget for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the federal government’s 2010 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1….